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Editorial: What a wonderful feeling to come back in 2014 to compiling the newsletter listing so many fantastic individuals, groups, projects, events and organisations. It gives me hope and inspiration to continue working on Southend in Transition in the year to come. I hope it energizes you as well. Have a great 2014.

Transition Potluck 08/03, 12/04 12-15 Growing Together, corner of Fairfax Drive/Prittlewell Chase, no Potluck 22/02 and 10/05 as we take part respectively in Seed Potato Day and the Trust Links May Fayre

SiT Community Allotment – Planning day 18/01, 26/01, 01/02 10-12 various locations. Get in touch with SiT if you are interested in getting involved.

Southend on Sea Energy Group – an opportunity arose to work with Pure Leafprog on local community energy projects. Get in touch with Kamil if you want to join the work group or be updated via separate news update.

CREST: Schools and Community Energy Conference Southend on Sea Borough Council Wednesday, March 5, 2014 from 1:00 PM to 6:00 PM (GMT) – Kamil will give a talk at the event.

Southend Passionate Women – Initiated by Adriana from the core group, spreading like a wildfire – in a good sense:) “We are a platform of women from Southend neighbourhood who enjoy and share their passions. Be it your family and caring for others, personal development, your career, environment, businesses, your new project or simply anything that lights you up and allows you to live a fulfilling life.”

previous events: Making your own vision boards and Blogging Workshop

Romancing yourself Thursday, February 13, 2014 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

I love everything you hate about yourself! Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM

Women’s Wednesday riders: 6.15pm from Western approaches Community Centre.

Sunday Cyclers: Weekly leisurely group leaving Priory Park Bandstand at 10.00. Bring some change with you as we often stop for a cuppa or an ice-cream!

We also have our spin-off groups; For Mountain Bikers we have Muckers at 9.00am and Mighty muckers (for children) at 2pm on Saturdays. Monday Morning Mums road ride @ 9.15am. For up to date arrangements check out their very own Facebook pages, as they are independent to Cycle Southend.

Roger, Duncan and Pete need some more founder members for the new Southend Solar Network – an online community of rooftop solar households for exchange of experiences, ideas, and news about solar generation, optimisation, usage optimisation, etc.

If yours is one of the nearly 500 Southend households with a micro rooftop solar power station, you can join by just sending an email to: